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LSIL-978
ex
 USS LCI(L)-978 (1944 - 1948)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Zulu - India
 NYZI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down 17 March 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 10 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-978, 5 May 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-978 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Nasugbu, 31 January 1945 and 4 and 5 February 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 16 October to 29 November 1944
    Ormoc Bay landing, 7 and 8 December 1944     		Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines
    Palawan Islands landings, 28 February 1945
    Visayan Island landings, 11 April 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944     		 

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-978 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September to 16 December 19458 September to 16 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Redesigned Landing Ship Infantry Large LSIL-978, 28 February 1948
  • Transferred to Salvage School, Bayonne, NJ, January 1952
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-978 earned five battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sunk for use as a salvage training vessel
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5½"
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft
    Light, 3'1½" mean
    Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft
    Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft
    Speed
    16 kts (max.)
    14 kts maximum continuous
    Complement
    4 officers
    24 enlisted
    Troop Capacity
    6 officers
    182 enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 75 tons
    Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house
    Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
    Armament
    five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse
    on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    LCI(L)-978 53k USS LCI(L)-978 conning tower, date and location unknown. David Wright
    LCI(L)-978 105k ex-LSIL-978 in use as a salvage training vessel. She is sunk by the salvage school staff in 25 feet of water and the students then go below and salvage the vessel. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    The history for USS LCI(L)-978 / LSIL-978 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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    Last Updated 13 April 2018